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Antioch Unified board approves preliminary layoff resolutions after hours of public protest
Summary
The Antioch Unified School District board approved three preliminary layoff resolutions by 3–2 votes after extensive public comment warning that planned cuts to special-education and classified staff would harm student safety and IEP compliance. Trustees said the measures are a legal notification step, not final terminations.
The Antioch Unified School District Board of Education voted on Feb. 18 to approve three preliminary resolutions authorizing notices for potential staff reductions and tie-breaking rules for certificated seniority, setting in motion a process trustees said is necessary to avoid fiscal insolvency.
The board approved Resolution 2025‑26‑44 (reduction or discontinuance of classified services), Resolution 2025‑26‑45 (reduction or discontinuance of particular certificated services) and Resolution 2025‑26‑46 (criteria to determine order of seniority / tie-breaker) on individual roll-call votes, each passing by a 3–2 margin. Trustees Hernandez, Vice President Cobo Smith and President Dr. Jag Lathan voted yes; Trustees Brown and Rocha voted no.
The votes followed more than two hours of public comment focused on the cuts' likely effect on special education, paraprofessionals, behavior-support staff and early-reading intervention teachers. Parents, special-education aides and teachers urged the board to pause and publish line‑by‑line budget data before final decisions.
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